Users Guide

Contents
1 Overview........................................................................................................................................................5
What is new in this release................................................................................................................................................5
Key features........................................................................................................................................................................6
2 Dell EMC OpenManage Connection Support Matrix...................................................................................... 7
Supported operating systems for Managing Systems...................................................................................................7
Supported operating systems for Managed Systems................................................................................................... 8
Supported Dell EMC devices and their OMSA and rmware versions........................................................................8
Supported Dell EMC platforms........................................................................................................................................11
Datacenter Scalable Solutions......................................................................................................................................... 11
PowerEdge servers........................................................................................................................................................... 11
Dell EMC Workstations.................................................................................................................................................... 12
Dell EMC Chassis..............................................................................................................................................................12
Dell EMC SC-Series Storage arrays............................................................................................................................... 12
PowerVault NX Storage arrays....................................................................................................................................... 12
Dell EMC PS-Series Storage arrays............................................................................................................................... 13
Dell EMC Modular Disk Storage arrays ......................................................................................................................... 13
Dell EMC Network switches............................................................................................................................................13
Dell EMC Hyper-converged Infrastructure (HCI) Platforms.......................................................................................14
3 Using the Dell EMC OpenManage Connection for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus..........................................16
Event monitoring using SNMP traps..............................................................................................................................16
Understanding Event Severity.................................................................................................................................. 17
Event Auto Correlation...............................................................................................................................................17
Dell EMC OMSA Alert Groups.................................................................................................................................. 18
Dell EMC OMSS Alert Groups.................................................................................................................................. 19
Dell EMC PS-Series Alert Groups............................................................................................................................20
iDRAC7, iDRAC8 and iDRAC9 Alert Groups.............................................................................................................21
Dell EMC DRAC5 and iDRAC6 Alert Groups.......................................................................................................... 23
Dell EMC Chassis Alert Groups................................................................................................................................ 24
Dell EMC SC-Series Alert Groups............................................................................................................................25
Dell EMC Modular Disk Storage Array Alert Groups..............................................................................................26
Dell EMC Enterprise Switches (S-Series, Z-Series, M-Series, and C-Series) Alert Groups............................. 27
Dell EMC N-Series Switch Alert Groups.................................................................................................................29
W-Series Switch Alert Groups.................................................................................................................................. 31
4 Dell EMC Devices and their console launch tools......................................................................................... 34
Launching Dell EMC consoles from the Web GUI....................................................................................................... 35
Launching Dell EMC consoles from the Desktop Event List...................................................................................... 36
5 Troubleshooting........................................................................................................................................... 37
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